While chronic absenteeism remains a persistent problem in schools across the country following the COVID-19 pandemic, Bensalem High School continues to report rates well above the 21% state average. Despite a downward trend from the peak of the pandemic, chronic absence rates at Bensalem High School remain at about 36%. Data from the high school shows that more than 1 in 3 students were chronically absent in the 2025-26 school year. Not just a …